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Build Strong Product Teams by Hiring Graduates

Mind the Product

It’s partly because few companies that hire PMs attend university careers fairs and so careers advisers and tutors are not aware of or familiar with the role. We set them a small introductory project that is low risk, and pair them with an experienced developer who can coach them on working with software engineers.

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Scrum Development Team Anti-Patterns

The Product Coalition

Finally, the term Development Team seems to limit the role to technical people, for example, software engineers. Ignoring technical debt: The Development Team is not demanding adequate capacity to tackle technical debt and bugs during the Sprint. Read more on technical debt and Scrum.) Team leads?

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13 Best Product Management Books to Read in 2021 – Product Manager Must-Reads

Userpilot

The book is evidence-based (references to theories in footnotes) and contains exercises you can start using right away. Challenges of transitioning from software engineer to product manager. Challenges of transitioning from a non-technical background. Educational and professional backgrounds of product managers.

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